Professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Laureate, denied on Friday that he offered tribute to Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate.
Soyinka revealed this in a statement made by his spokesman, Abiola Owoaje, captioned, "I did not pay tribute to Tinubu – Soyinka."
Shortly after the former Lagos State governor emerged as the APC's presidential flag bearer on Wednesday, reports titled 'Prof Wole Soyinka's homage to Sen Asiwaju Tinubu', allegedly penned by Soyinka applauding Tinubu's political exploits, went viral on various WhatsApp platforms.
Soyinka, on the other hand, has come out to call the viral post the product of indolent identity thieves who are just interested in deceiving the people in order to obtain notoriety.
The wise man insisted that he did not run or own any social media accounts.
"The literary genius repeated his position on the 2023 elections and the issues surrounding them, adding that he has no business participating in the country's political parties' quest for power," the statement read.
"Soyinka urges the general public to be aware of the antics of nameless cowards promoting misinformation, and to refrain from participating in the authors' disgusting behaviour by spreading the cocktail of lies.